Oct 9, 2014 | Processes
A look at hobbing machines, hobs, and the hobbing process. In our last issue, we introduced basic information about hobbing machines and the hobbing process. A hob is a worm-like cutter that makes successive generating cuts to produce gear teeth. This is achieved by a...
Jul 8, 2014 | Processes
A look at hobbing machines, hobs, and the hobbing process. Hobbing machines provide gear manufacturers a fast and accurate method for cutting parts. This is because of the generating nature of this particular cutting process. Gear hobbing is not a form cutting...
